I have Debian 3.0 installed on an HP Pavillion N5425 laptop, and after considerable modifications it is (mostly) working.
Often, however, it seems that I "fix one thing, break two others". I have two current problems, one of which is probably in the documentation somewhere but I just can't find it, the other is a bit more esoteric: 1) Reconfiguring network: I have somehow managed to break the network configuration, so that I no longer seem to be able to get an IP address. The card is there, the card is up, but dhclient eth0 doesn't get me any error messages. I am not sure how to troubleshoot this problem, and also not sure what caused it. I expect it was something to do with my recompiling the kernel; however, when I booted the previous kernel (where the networking used to work fine), the same symptoms persist. Question: what is the best way to reconfigure the network from scratch (i.e., wipe out the current installation and start again)?? I would much rather do it using the installation scripts where available, instead of manually tweaking configuration files. I looked through the various documentation, but all I could find was instructions for using the Progeny control panel. 2) Forcing different IRQ for USB: From what I can gather, the USB controller gets assigned IRQ 9 by default in Linux; unfortunately, this is not correct, due to a buggy bios, and though the controller will be identified, no USB devices will work. The USB controller has to be manually forced to use IRQ11. Where would I make this change?? Thanks in advance, Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
